Category: Fijian News
Dumpsites very good for farming
The Navua River dredging dumpsites can later be used for farming root crops and vegetables says Land Water Resource Management (LWRM) Division agriculture officer Epineri Canavanua. He said this when journalists and Government officials were visiting a dumpsite at the mouth of the Navua River on Monday. “The silt dumped at these sites is very [...]
How our troops got through unharmed
The negotiation skills of Fijian peacekeepers, displayed by Company Commander Major Batikawai Wara on Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Monday enabled a Fijian patrol to go through a Bedouin checkpoint unharmed. Speaking to the Fiji Sun yesterday, the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Land Force Commander Colonel Mosese Tikoitoga detailed what had happened. “The patrol [...]
Toga given 6 months for accepting bribe
An Assistant Immigration Officer, Josateki Toga who accepted a bribe of $500 and a mobile phone from a Stephen Mallerich in July 2009, has been sentenced to six months imprisonment. Toga was found guilty of two counts of bribery and one count of abuse of office before Justice Sitabaram Pillai Thurairaja. He had accepted the [...]
Detained Fijian soldiers safe: RFMF
Six Fijian soldiers have been freed in Sinai and are safe after earlier being detained at a bedouin checkpoint. Their lives were at no time put at risk, says the Republic of Military Forces in a statement. The RFMF said in a statement today that six Fijian soldiers on mobile patrol were stopped at a [...]
Constitution will define neutrality: Tikoitoga
The country’s new constitution will clearly define the role of the Republic of the Fiji Ministry Forces (RFMF). This was confirmed by the RFMF Land Force Commander, Colonel Mosese Tikoitoga in an interview. He said there had been allegations of the future involvement of the RFMF in politics but these were unfounded. Colonel Tikoitoga assured [...]
Bobby Darling wants to settle in Fiji
Bollywood actress and stylist Bobby Darling has plans to settle in Fiji. Speaking to FijiLive in an exclusive interview, the talented artist said she was captivated by Fiji’s beautiful scenes and its beautiful people. “There are amazing and wonderful people here who smile at you even if they see you for the first time.” “Everything [...]
Do not ill-treat patients: Doctors, nurses told
Fiji’s Ministry of Health will issue disciplinary actions if doctors or nurses are found ill-treating patients. Speaking to FijiLive health spokesman Peni Namotu said complaints about patient’s ill-treatment from doctors and nurses have been ongoing over the past years and supervisors have been told to keep a look out for those who are doing this. [...]
AG hits out at former politicians
The Attorney General – Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has criticised at the submissions made by some former Politicians to the Pacific Ministerial Contact Group last week. Sayed-Khaiyum says some of the submissions made were self serving, unhelpful, and not progressive. “What people need to be concerned about is whether the system and processes are transparent or not [...]
Fiji Govt rejects Aust/NZ sanction offer
Fiji will not accept an offer by its neighbours to soften sanctions if military members are replaced in government with civilians, says Acting Prime Minister and Attorney General,Aiyaz Sayed- Khaiyum. He made the comment in response to calls for policy change by Australian and New Zealand foreign minister in exchange for an exemption from sanctions. [...]
Fijian soldier killed in Taliban attack
A Fiji-born British Army soldier was killed in an indirect fire attack on forward operating base Ouellette, in the northern part of Nahr-e Saraj district in Afghanistan last Friday. Private Ratu Manasa Silibaravi, 32, who leaves behind his parents, brother and sister, was new to the specialist role of advanced searcher which involved working to [...]
Fiji Showcase 2012 opens today
Fiji Showcase 2012 the most awaited trade event, which attracts more than 80,000 people and with 140 booths, opens its doors today. Organizer, Loretta Jackson said preparations have gone very well, and everything will get under-way at the Vodafone Arena, Laucala Bay at 12noon. Apart from the booths, this year’s international entertainers have promised to [...]
Daku Village project underway
A partnership between the Land and Water Resource Management Division (LWRM) of the Department of Agriculture and the Central Division Drainage Board was signed this morning at the Agriculture Department Headquarters in Raiwaqa. This is to undertake the Daku Village climate change adaptation measures for drainage improvement and salt water intrusion protection works. According to [...]
Nadi Dialysis centre opens in west
People in Fiji’s Western Division diagnosed with kidney infections will no longer have to travel to Suva for treatment as a dialysis centre opened in Nadi today. Speaking at the opening of the facility, Minister for Health Dr Neil Sharma said dialysis is one option for people suffering from end stage renal disease due to [...]
Fijian schools to receive 800 laptops
The company that has provided millions of laptops to students around the world, including 50,000 in the Pacific, has plans to get the machines to half of all students in Fiji, aged from six to 12, by 2015. In the latest development, a grant of 1000 of the devices from the Bank South Pacific will [...]
Qarase, Bakani and Dakuidreketi plead not guilty
Not guilty. That is the plea taken by former Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, former General Manager of Native Land Trust Board, Kalivati Bakani and former NLTB Director and Chairman of Vanua Development Corporation, Keni Dakuidreketi after their charges were read to them in the High Court today. Qarase is charged with two counts of Abuse [...]
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